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Injecting drug users' experiences of targeted harm reduction in the Russian FederationRobert Power
Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Research, University College London, The Mortimer Market Centre, London, UK
Drug Alcohol Rev 24:69-77. 2005
The application of qualitative research methods to the study of sexually transmitted infectionsR Power
Department of STDs, Royal Free and University College London, UK
Sex Transm Infect 78:87-9. 2002..Qualitative methods have gained support in health sciences research and have a role to play in STI studies. This article reviews the main techniques used by qualitative researchers, with illustrations taken from the field of STIs...
Developing complex interventions for rigorous evaluation--a case study from rural ZimbabweR Power
Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Research, University College London, London WC1E 6AU, UK
Health Educ Res 19:570-5. 2004..Process evaluation findings from the feasibility study led to substantial changes to both the content and delivery of the proposed intervention, which is now subject to testing for effectiveness in a large community randomized trial...
A qualitative study of the psychosocial implications of lipodystrophy syndrome on HIV positive individualsR Power
Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK
Sex Transm Infect 79:137-41. 2003..To investigate the psychosocial impact of lipodystrophy on the lifestyles of HIV positive patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)...
Challenges in providing drug user treatment services in Russia: providers' viewsNatalia Bobrova
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
Subst Use Misuse 43:1770-84. 2008..At this stage, it seems unreasonable to initiate compulsory treatment as is advocated by some government officials...
Comparing doctor- and nurse-led care in a sexual health clinic: patient satisfaction questionnaireKevin Miles
Mortimer Market Centre, Camden Primary Care Trust, London, UK
J Adv Nurs 42:64-72. 2003....
School based HIV prevention in Zimbabwe: feasibility and acceptability of evaluation trials using biological outcomesFrances M Cowan
Department of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK
AIDS 16:1673-8. 2002..However, self-reported behavioural outcomes will probably be biased, emphasizing the importance of using externally validated biological outcome measures to determine effectiveness...
Injection drug users' perceptions of drug treatment services and attitudes toward substitution therapy: a qualitative study in three Russian citiesNatalia Bobrova
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
J Subst Abuse Treat 33:373-8. 2007..Although respondents had doubts that opiate substitution therapy could work effectively in Russia, most agreed that this type of treatment would help IDUs function better in the society...
"But there are no snakes in the wood": risk mapping as an outcome measure in evaluating complex interventionsRobert Power
Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia
Sex Transm Infect 83:232-6. 2007..Through a participatory workshop with adolescent boys and girls, an innovative "risk map research workshop" was developed to be conducted throughout the study sites...
Managing information: using systematic data collection to estimate process and impact indicators related to harm reduction services in MyanmarSimon Baldwin
Burnet Institute, Centre for Harm Reduction, Melbourne, Australia
Int J Drug Policy 19:S74-9. 2008....
The value of process evaluation in sustaining HIV harm reduction in the Russian FederationRobert Power
AIDS 16:303-4. 2002
Reducing adolescent clients' anger in a residential substance abuse treatment facilityRobert Adelman
Sundown Ranch Inc, Canton, Texas, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 31:325-7. 2005..After the project was completed, REBT was promoted as an additional therapeutic modality within the treatment program...
Barriers to accessing drug treatment in Russia: a qualitative study among injecting drug users in two citiesNatalia Bobrova
Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour, Imperial College London, UK; Mental Health NHS Trust, UK
Drug Alcohol Depend 82:S57-63. 2006..These priorities are especially timely given the urgent need to integrate drug treatment as part of wider HIV prevention responses in Russia...
HIV/AIDS harm reduction in IranEmran Razzaghi
Iranian National Centre for Addiction Studies, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Lancet 368:434-5. 2006
